| I became a firm believer in the power of holy water | | | | inch cut. The rock must have scraped the bone too, |
| to heal bodily injuries, when I tried it out of | | | | as I noticed the depth of the wound later when we |
| desperation for the first time a couple of years ago. | | | | got home. The blood was dripping right under the |
| Holy water is water which has been sanctified by a | | | | layer of dirt in my left arm. |
| priest or bishop for the purpose of baptism or for | | | | A few days later, I felt something hard, like a lump, |
| the blessings of persons, places, or things. The | | | | right below where the rock had sliced into me. I had |
| definition does not describe any healing powers at all, | | | | treated the wound carefully with triple action |
| but rather blessings. | | | | antibiotic cream for days after the accident. I had |
| I had no idea that holy water could heal anything, and | | | | absolutely no pain at all while the strange mass in my |
| I have gone to church for as long as I can | | | | arm kept growing, then I got scared. I skipped the |
| remember. I am here to prove to you that holy | | | | doctor, and since I had no insurance, I kept |
| water has the power to heal injuries to the body. I | | | | wondering what to do next? At a weekly Boy |
| am the beneficiary of three healing that occurred | | | | Scouts troop meeting that my son and I used to |
| between the years 2006 and 2008. These healing | | | | attend, this mom who was present suggested that I |
| that I mention, I attribute to having used holy water | | | | cut into the swelling and see what comes out. The |
| at the church where I attend Mass regularly on | | | | growth in my arm by now was the size of a golf ball. |
| Thursday and Sunday of every week. I suppose that | | | | She gave me a very sharp double-edge blade to |
| holy water anywhere in the world should be the | | | | take home. I sanitized the blade with a match, and |
| same, but I am referring my information on the same | | | | poured alcohol right on it. |
| church that I have been to for the last sixteen years. | | | | That same evening, I did exactly what she had |
| Traditionally, people entering the church dip their | | | | suggested. I opened the wound with the blade, and |
| fingers in the holy water containers by the doors to | | | | the only thing that came out was a small amount of |
| make the sign of the cross. On the main entrance of | | | | blood. Next day the solid clump was just as big, if not |
| my church, a large stainless steel container is available | | | | bigger, and it was sore from the "nice incision" that I |
| for those who want to fill small plastic bottles with | | | | had made with the blade the night before. I would |
| holy water to take home. I just recently filled up a | | | | never suggest to anyone they do that, but I was |
| small bottle of holy water, and sent it by mail for one | | | | frustrated and with few alternatives at my disposal, I |
| of my sisters to take it over to my older sister who | | | | did it anyway. I was surprised that there was minimal |
| suffers from Parkinson's disease. I wanted my sister | | | | pain when I dug the blade right in. The following day |
| to pour the holy water over my sister's head who is | | | | is when it hurt, like my arm would fall off in pieces. |
| ill and lying in bed permanently. Will it help her? I don't | | | | Worse yet, the entire area felt hot for days, and |
| know, but my blessings went with the holy water. | | | | there was a three-inch in diameter red blotch around |
| In my case, I snapped the right hand thumb out of | | | | the fresh cut. I thought for sure that an infection had |
| place a couple of years ago while lifting weights. I felt | | | | set in. |
| something snap in my right hand when I was doing | | | | One more time, I went back to my holy water |
| an arm curl with the barbell. The thumb just locked | | | | treatment. I would rub the holy water over the |
| up on the inside of my hand, and I could not move it | | | | swollen area of my arm. I repeated the process four |
| back, even by force using my left hand. A week | | | | times per week, for the next three weeks in a row. |
| later, and after suffering severe pain and discomfort | | | | Lo and behold, the lump which was still large, |
| to the point that I had difficulty sleeping at nights, I | | | | disappeared literally overnight by the second week. I |
| went to see a doctor about my problem. Prior to my | | | | am not kidding! It just melted away. That injury |
| visit, I was taking Ibuprofen during the day and night, | | | | occurred less than two years ago, and I have never |
| but to no avail. I would put Icy Hot gel all day long to | | | | seen signs of it again. |
| relieve the pain, and that helped, but only temporarily. | | | | I will prove again my thoughts on holy water. About |
| The doctor had a few X-rays taken of my right hand | | | | nine months ago, I tried the holy water treatment on |
| from different angles. The X-rays showed the bone | | | | another serious injury, but this time to my left |
| to be dislocated by a quarter of an inch where the | | | | shoulder. It was another bad fall while mountain biking |
| right thumb reaches the palm, but it was not broken. | | | | some very rough trails, and at the same park. Lucky |
| He recommended an operation to repair the | | | | me! I was on a very narrow trail that follows a rocky |
| damaged area. A few days later, I called the | | | | ridge, and probably going too fast, when I lost |
| specialist in hand injuries that he mentioned, and the | | | | control of the bike, and now I am aiming towards |
| cost that was quoted for the operation was $13,000, | | | | disaster. The bike slid off the path, and I would have |
| plus therapy. I figured that would be another $2,500. | | | | gone straight down a ravine full of coral rocks and |
| With no health insurance, I could do nothing. The | | | | bad stuff to land on. So, I did the next best thing, |
| strength on my right hand was almost totally gone | | | | and that is to grab for whatever I could, and pray. I |
| by now. I was not even able to open a single jar, or | | | | reached with my left hand for a tree branch, but it |
| a bottle top. I had to use my left hand for that. | | | | was too thin to hold my full weight, and I did not |
| I decided to do the next best thing. I got this bright | | | | want to let go of it either, so I stretched my left |
| idea out of the blue. For four weeks in a row, I | | | | arm to the maximum, and my left shoulder suffered |
| dipped my thumb and half of my hand in holy water | | | | the consequences. |
| in any of the containers at my church located by the | | | | For more than one month, I tossed all night from the |
| entrances, at least four times a week. It was strictly | | | | terrible pain. I would turn to position myself in a way |
| a test of faith to see if the holy water would take | | | | that I could sleep, but it only helped for a short time. |
| the pain away. That's all that I was really trying to | | | | I took Ibuprofen pills by the dozen per day, but the |
| accomplish. I have to admit, I had absolutely no idea | | | | pain was unbearable. I would rub Icy Hot gel over the |
| whatsoever that holy water would help me at all, but | | | | shoulder, and it did relieve the pain, and then it would |
| I had nothing to lose for trying. | | | | return in full force. I went back to my holy water |
| Nothing spectacular happened for almost three | | | | treatment. By now I should have had more faith in |
| weeks, until the fourth week. However, I noticed | | | | holy water from my previous experiences. The cure |
| that my hand felt progressively stronger every | | | | was not instantaneous, but within three weeks, the |
| week, and I could move my thumb back, not far, | | | | very intense day and night shoulder pains simply |
| but it did have movement. The pain had already | | | | went away. I even stopped taking Ibuprofen, and |
| disappeared totally by the second week of holy | | | | putting Icy Hot gel. I rubbed the holy water on my |
| water treatment. I recuperated 97% of my right | | | | shoulder every day for as long as it took to heal it, |
| hand thumb original capability within a month. I am an | | | | which I remember it took a month. |
| advance level mountain bike rider, and the precise | | | | The beautiful thing about my treatment is that every |
| movement of all of your fingers is critical to be able | | | | time I have used holy water, the recovery has been |
| to shift gears constantly, and to use your brakes | | | | total and complete. The injuries to my right hand |
| when needed. No medical intervention was required - | | | | thumb, the lump in my left arm, and most recently |
| just holy water! | | | | the left shoulder, have never again given me any |
| A few months after my right hand was back to full | | | | problems at all - nothing! The treatment that I have |
| strength, I suffered a biking accident. I was at Oleta | | | | used on all three injuries has been: antibiotic cream; |
| River Park in North Miami one day with my son, who | | | | Ibuprofen; Icy Hot gel (the no-mess one); and as a |
| is an outstanding mountain biker. We were at one of | | | | last resort - holy water. With the first I avoided an |
| the best parks in South Florida for long distance and | | | | infection, and with the next two, I was able to get |
| aggressive mountain biking. Because I was going too | | | | temporary relief from the pain. The fourth and most |
| fast around some close trees, I took a bad fall as I | | | | important element of all, the holy water, it took |
| flew right over the handle bars. I hit the ground hard, | | | | away the pain and healed the injuries permanently. Of |
| and slid on my arms. I had not noticed the wound to | | | | that, I am positive! |
| my left arm because it was totally covered with dirt, | | | | It will all be up to you to find out if holy water has |
| so I just got up and brushed myself off. I mounted | | | | any healing powers. I have proven it three times in a |
| my bike again, and my son who was ahead of me | | | | row with me, so I can't deny the results, and that is |
| waited on his bike for me to catch up, and when he | | | | why I am sharing this information with you. |
| saw my arm he said, "Dad, you're bleeding profusely!" | | | | Please be so kind to let me know if holy water does |
| My left arm below the elbow on the exterior side | | | | indeed work for you, if you do need to use it, that is. |
| took a sharp rock into the skin, and had made a one | | | | |